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Litigation

Aug. 8, 2006

Dream Team Lawyer Becomes Defendant in Suit Over Scam

LOS ANGELES - Nine years, a few Mexican movies and something like $64.3 million later, attorney Barry Fisher still is tracking down the missing money from a death-futures scam that originated in Palm Springs.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Nine years, a few Mexican movies and something like $64.3 million later, attorney Barry Fisher still is tracking down the missing money from a death-futures scam that originated in Palm Springs.
      In a trial that begins today, Fisher aims not only to recover more missing money but also to prove that a high-profile attorney improperly made awa...

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